Starting this week, the Comet has formed new relationships with Columbia College, and School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties to where their students, employees and faculty can show their ID cards and receive a free ride on all of the Comet fixed route buses, unrestricted. The new partnershipsContinue Reading
The Second Annual Justin Pepper 5K (JP5K) will hit the streets of Chapin on Saturday, August 31, with a new route and a renewed purpose to raise scholarship funds for deserving high school students with a passion for community service. According to Justin Pepper Foundation CEO and race organizer KariContinue Reading
Fort Jackson will host its annual 5K run/walk honoring fallen soldiers and the survivors of soldiers at 8 a.m. Sept. 14, at Hilton Field. This is an annual event to help bring awareness to fallen soldiers and their sacrifices. This event builds support for the families of those killed inContinue Reading
Representative Nathan Ballentine held his regular Community Cookout earlier this month where more than 20 local, state and national officials were in the crowd to meet with voters. Nathan has held this free event every two years since he was first elected in 2005. Notable attendees were US Senator LindseyContinue Reading
Irmo High School International School for the Arts is now authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Career-related Progarmme (IBCP). The IB Career-related Programme Magnet is a partnership between Irmo High School and the Center for Advanced Technical Studies (The Center) and is an academically rigorous program that combines rigorous IBContinue Reading
Irmo High Middle School International Academic Magnet has been named a nationally certified magnet school by Magnet Schools of America (MSA), the national association for magnet and theme-based schools. The Lexington-Richland School District Five middle school was among 31 schools nationwide to successfully complete a rigorous nine-month evaluation process andContinue Reading
By CT McDonald All three District Five varsity football teams will play this weekend in the first week of the new 2019 high school varsity football regular season. Dutch Fork will play host to Mallard Creek, of North Carolina, Friday at 6 pm in this much anticipated matchup after lastContinue Reading
Open Letter Dear Editor As we have started a new school year, it’s time to renew thoughts about safety for our most precious resource, the children of our community. With the condition of its older facilities in mind, the district last year ordered a facilities study done by M.B. KahnContinue Reading
The Richland County Soil and Water Conservation District has several opportunities for K-12 teachers, staff and students to get involved in conservation efforts as the school year kicks off. Conservation Education Mini-Grants Faculty and staff at public, private and alternative schools in Richland County are eligible to apply for Conservation EducationContinue Reading
Keep the Midlands Beautiful will hold an Adopt-A-Highway & Adopt-A-Street Cleanup this Saturday, August 24. Volunteers will be removing litter from roads throughout Lexington and Richland Counties, as well as the City of Columbia. If you are driving throughout the Midlands and you see litter pick-up in progress signs orContinue Reading
By Al Dozier Teachers in Lexington-Richland District 5 are now participating in a new state-recommended program designed to assess a teacher’s professional practice to help improve the classroom instruction performance. The District 5 board received a report on the Standards 4.0 Rubric program at its August 19 meeting. It’s theContinue Reading